Sony working on 300GB Blu-rays by 2015

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Sony and Panasonic have revealed the future of Blu-Ray as both companies want the next wave of discs to hold 300GB of data by 2015.

The BBC reports that while normal Blu-Rays currently hold 50GB of data, both parties have hopes to drastically increase that capacity moving forward. The site adds that 4K movies will require at least 100GB of data, hence the need for an expanded Blu-Ray format.

That’s it really. The press release issued by Sony only talks about the movie industry but it remains to be seen if this new format will make its way into the games market. Seeing as both PS4 and Xbox One will run Blu-Rays this seems possible, but is such a large disc size really necessary?

Let us know what you think below.

Source: VG247

I don't think 4k will catch on as physical media look at the drop from dvd to blu ray

Wonder what the price will look like.

Actually I'm not sure if this is just expanding the Blu-Ray format, or a whole new next-gen disc? If it's a next-gen disc, then I'm going to be super pissed. I don't have the fucking money to replace my whole movie collection, buy a new player, and buy a 4KTV all at the same time. People are already settled with Blu-ray. What's next? Sony is going to work on 8K right after. -____________-

Even if they did do 4k. You probably won't see much of it until the technology becomes more affordable for consumers. You're pretty much shooting yourself in the foot if you buy into it too early.

Yeah, kinda like how the early Blu-rays look like fucking shit. Wasn't untill probably like 2 years and a half where you actually saw the difference between Blu-ray and DVD, in terms of picture quality.

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